Thomas J. Burr, Richard Durrett, Dexter Kozen, Sally McConnell-Ginet and John C. Schimenti have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Feb. 5, 2009)
Dr. Lorin D. Warnick, Ph.D. ’94, interim dean of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine, effective May 6.
The Institute for the Social Sciences’ Contested Global Landscapes theme project has ended, but interdisciplinary collaboration among Cornell faculty members continues in a book series and teaching.
Wolfe has conducted research on childhood nutrition, obesity and the elementary school environment, community-based nutrition monitoring and dietary methodology, among other issues.
After 40 years of leadership, teaching and scholarship at Cornell, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein retires in May. At an April 22, event she was honored for her work with the Cornell Prison Education Program.
Cornell will partner with the Columbia University Center for Advanced Information Management to help six promising technologies get a boost toward commercialization at a March workshop in NYC. (Feb. 14, 2008)
The National Science Foundation Jan. 7 announced a new $10 million award to Computer Science Professor Carla Gomes to support transformative computing and technology research.
Susan A. Henry, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences, launched a monthlong trip in Asia by signing a memorandum of understanding with Dr. S.A. Patil, vice chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences in Dharwad, India, on Jan. 11. It is the third such agreement that CALS has established with universities in southern and western India. (January 17, 2005)